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News, articles and information about mixed martial arts, a combat sport incorporating a variety of fighting techniques.
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Bellator Fighting Championships signs South Florida mixed martial artist Jorge Masvidal
The newly launched Bellator Fighting Championships has signed Jorge Masvidal of American Top Team Coconut Creek and Young Tigers Gym for its 2009 fight schedule. The first-of-its-kind mixed martial arts organization, based in Los Angeles and Chicago,...Tags: Featherweight Boxing, Welterweight, Bodies of Water, Lightweight Boxing, ESPN
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UFC mainstays Liddell, Lindland heading to Broward
Former UFC champion Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell and UFC veteran Matt Lindland are coming to Broward County. The two popular mixed martial arts fighters will head a Super Seminar at American Top Team Coconut Creek from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 7. Lindland...Tags: Ultimate Fighting Championship
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Brock Lesnar takes Randy Couture's belt in UFC
South Florida Sun-SentinelFormer WWE star Brock Lesnar knocked off a mixed martial arts legend to win the heavyweight title at UFC 91 late Saturday night. Lesnar, with only three pro mixed martial arts fights under his belt, defeated 45-year-old Randy Couture at the MGM Grand...Tags: Mario, Ultimate Fighting Championship, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Heavyweight, Boxing
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Couture says ref handled stoppage fairly
The Los Angeles TimesBrock Lesnar's second-round technical knockout Saturday of Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Randy Couture delivered the widely seen adrenaline shot that organization executives anticipated. But as Couture fell to the canvas, some casual fans of...Tags: World Wrestling Entertainment Incorporated, Ultimate Fighting Championship, John McCain, Boxing, National Government
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Brock Lesnar defeats Randy Couture
Brock Lesnar has said life isn't about making friends, and he didn't make many more Saturday in beating Ultimate Fighting Championship's popular heavyweight champion Randy Couture by second-round technical knockout.
But Lesnar, a former World Wrestling...Tags: Mario, World Wrestling Entertainment Incorporated, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Lightweight Boxing, University of Minnesota
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Randy Couture's comeback fight against Brock Lesnar draws big interest
It's being billed as the biggest Ultimate Fighting Championship bout in history. UFC President Dana White is projecting the comeback of heavyweight champion Randy Couture against former World Wrestling Entertainment star Brock Lesnar on Saturday in Las...Tags: Light Heavyweight Boxing, National Football League, Boxing, Heavyweight, Wrestling
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Age, inactivity no bother to UFC legend Randy Couture
Randy Couture already overcame bigger obstacles than 265-pound Brock Lesnar just to get into the octagon at UFC 91.
Couture has heard every reason he'll struggle to defend his heavyweight title on Saturday night. If it isn't his age, it's his recent...Tags: Football, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Minnesota Vikings, Movies, Unemployment
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Kimbo Slice? MMA proves it can move on with a more legitimate show
At the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, they showed how mixed martial arts is moving on after the Kimbo Slice circus left South Florida. These were legitimate fights, not setups. This was a professional promotion, World Extreme Cagefighting, not...Tags: CBS Corp., BankAtlantic Center, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Featherweight Boxing, Mike Brown
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With Kimbo gone, WEC shows real side and appeal of quality fights
At the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, they showed how mixed martial arts is moving on after the Kimbo Slice circus left South Florida. These were legitimate fights, not setups. This was a professional promotion, World Extreme Cagefighting, not...Tags: CBS Corp., BankAtlantic Center, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Featherweight Boxing, Mike Brown
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Kimbo Slice, top fighters weighing options after EliteXC's demise
The expected demise of EliteXC had a trickledown effect on local fighters now unemployed and looking for jobs. While Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) leagues continue to thrive with most of the...Tags: BankAtlantic Center, CBS Corp., Welterweight, Bodies of Water, New Year's
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Cops: 'Biggest Loser' trainer beat boy with weightlifting belts
michael.amon@newsday.comBefore he was arrested on charges of beating his girlfriend's 6-year-old son, Anthony Badalamenti was a bodybuilder and personal trainer with a seemingly bright future. His workout regimen helped a Freeport man lose 186 pounds last year on NBC's weight-...Tags: Television, Bodybuilding, The Biggest Loser (tv program), NBC, Tyra Banks
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Urijah Faber a fighter? You better believe it
caitlin.strang@newsday.comIt is 40 degrees and overcast in New York but "The California Kid" arrives at a midtown office building in sandals and sun-streaked, shaggy blond hair reminiscent more of a Hollister model than a MMA veteran. Not exactly how you envision a fighter, but...Tags: Ultimate Fighting Championship, Featherweight Boxing, Bantamweight, Mike Brown, Boxing
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